Lawrence Watkins is a young entrepreneur and owner of Great Black Speakers Bureau, an organization dedicated to helping universities and corporations find speakers for the events that they host throughout the year. Founded in January 2007, Great Black Speakers has quickly risen and has become a premier force in the speaking industry, boasting over 200 African-American speakers and over 100 university/corporate clients.
Lawrence Watkins received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Louisville. He is currently continuing his education as the Rodney P. Hunt Fellow at the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University.
I always put myself through what I call comfort challenges. For example, when I was starting Great Black Speakers, I would call a random famous person and try to get him on the phone and convince him to join Great Black Speakers. The reason I did that was because I was an extremely shy person back...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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